Stations and other important locations in the County of
Warwickshire

'There is a great deal more difficulty than would at
first be imagined in laying out a railway station; and, perhaps, in every one
now in existence, if it had to be entirely built over again, some change would
be desirable: there are so many things to be amalgamated, and such various
accommodation to be provided, that the business becomes exceedingly
complicated.' The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham,
Peter Lecount (1839).

The Historic County of Warwickshire

Today the shape of the administrative area
Warwickshire differs considerably from that of the historic county.
Areas historically part of Warwickshire included Coventry, Solihull, and most
of Birmingham, all three becoming part of the West Midlands metropolitan county
on 1st April 1974 following local government re-organisation. The town of
Tamworth was historically divided between Warwickshire and Staffordshire, but
since 1888 has been fully in Staffordshire. In 1931, Warwickshire was ceded the
town of Shipston-on-Stour from Worcestershire and several villages, including
Long Marston and Welford-on-Avon, from Gloucestershire.

In addition to the stations which became part of
Warwickshire when Birmingham absorbed parts of Worcestershire in the 1930s, we
have included a small number of stations from counties which never were part of
Warwickshire. This has been done where we believe their inclusion is
appropriate in completing a route. One such example being the Midland Railway's
Birmingham to Evesham line where the Worcestershire stations of Evesham,
Harvington, Redditch and Alvechurch have been included on the route map.

We have also shown the stations on the Harborne
Railway as being part of the London & North Western Railway. This is
because whilst the Harborne Railway was independently owned until 1923, when it
was absorbed into the LMS, it was from the outset operated by the L&NWR. In
instances where a station changed its name, some times more than once, we have
in the Alphabetical Listing shown below, endeavoured to provide all of
their names, listing each separately but with all names linked to the
appropriate station page. As we are continually finding new information the
lists will be updated as and when we find the information.

Whilst extremely comprehensive, the interactive map of the
County is NOT a definitive list of all items included on the website.
There are 'lineside views, and items in 'Miscellaneous' which are not
appropriate to be recorded on a map so for an exhaustive list its best to look
at each route map and to use the side navigation in 'About' and 'Miscellaneous'. In addition to the interactive map
we have provided below an alphabetical listing too.

Barnt Green Station was first opened on 1 May 1844.
changed on 1st June 1857 to 'Barnt Green for Redditch'. It was then changed to
'Barnt Green for Bromsgrove' at some date prior to 1st January 1863 but then
reverted to 'Barnt Green on 1st July 1868.

The LNWR opened the Coventry to Nuneaton Line and
Bedworth station on 12th September 1850. On 18th January 1965 British Railways
withdrew passenger services from the line and closed Bedworth station. BR
reopened Bedworth station 10th May 1988 and normal passenger services have
resumed from 16th May 1988.

On 27th November 1844 the London & Birmingham
Railway Board ordered that there be provided platforms and booking huts to be
provided at Docker's Lane, Berkswell station's original name. The name then
changed to Berkswell on 1st January 1853, then to Berkswell & Balsall
Common on 1st February 1928 before reverting to Berkswell again some time
later.

Binton station opened on 22nd February 1885 with the
last passenger train running on 16th June 1947 before final closure on 23rd May
1949. Goods traffic ceased in 1960 with the closure of the line between
Stratford upon Avon and Broom.

The Central Goods station station was opened in 1887,
originally as Worcester Wharf being located next to the Worcester and
Birmingham Canal. The name was changed to Central Goods station in 1892. It
closed in 1967.

Passenger services commenced on 6th June 1894 with
goods traffic commencing on 2nd July 1894. The line closed to passengers from
1st January 1915 and to goods on 1st January 1916 (with a formal closure date
of 1st January 1917). The majority of the track was lifted in May and June 1917
leaving a stub of double track at Rowington some forty Chains long and another
at the North Warwickshire end of eighteen Chains long in order to connect the
new line with the original station's goods yard and shed. Powers to formally
abandon the line were granted by the GWR Act 1935. The line to the yard was
closed on 5th November 1962.

Moor Street station in a temporary form first opened in
July 1909 as part of the initiative to open a route to the South West via the
North Warwickshire Railway. The station was fully opened, complete with goods
shed, on 7th January 1914. The goods shed closed on 6th November 1972. In 1987
the station was relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed.
In 2002 the station was renovated and in 2010 the terminal platforms were
reopened.

Birmingham Snow Hill station was opened by the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway on 1st October 1852. It was originally
called Birmingham station, its name was changed to Great Charles
Street station, and then Livery Street station before finally
becoming Birmingham Snow Hill station in February 1858. The station
finally closed to passengers on 6 March 1972. The station reopened on 5th
October 1987 and on 31st May 1999 the Midland Metro opened. No Goods facilities
were provided.

Birdingbury station opened at the same as the line
between Rugby and Leamington on 1st March 1851. The goods yard closed in August
1953 and the station closed to passengers on 15th June 1959 when passenger
services on the line ceased.

A short link descending from the Midland Railway to the
Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway at Bordesley was constructed as a
mixed gauge single track branch line in 1852, with the broad gauge third rail
being subsequently removed on 1st April 1869.

Bordesley Viaduct is situated on the London side of
Snow Hill tunnel and station and carries the railway over a low-lying part of
Birmingham. It was built as part of the GWR route from Oxford to Birmingham
opening in 1852. The structure is 2,900 feet in length, with a maximum height
of 70 feet where it passes over the River Rea. It remains open today albeit
widened and strengthened.

Initially named Stirchley Street, opened in 1876
as the temporary southern terminus of the Birmingham West Suburban Railway. In
1880 it was renamed Stirchley Street and Bournville. In 1904, the
station was finally renamed Bournville. No Goods facilities were
provided.

Opened as Stretton (or Streeton) station on 15th
September 1847. Renamed Brinklow station on 1st February 1870. Station
closed to passengers on 16th September 1957 and for goods on the 20th February
1961.

Broad Marston Halte opened on 17th October 1904
and closed to passengers on 14th July 1916 as a wartime economy measure.
Pebworth Halt was built some 352 yards to the south. No goods facilities
were provided.

The station opened as Bromford Forge station on
6th May 1842 but quickly closed due to lack of traffic on 1st June 1843.
Rebuilt and renamed Bromford Bridge Racecourse on 9th March 1896. The
station closes permanently on 28th June 1965. No goods facilities were
provided.

No direct local access. The station was used by
passengers and goods transiting from the Midland Railway's Birmingham to
Evesham line and the SMJ's line to Stratford upon Avon (or vice versa) which
opened on 1st November 1880. Closed 17th September 1963. No local goods
facilities were provided.

Opened as Warwick Road for both passenger and goods
services on 1st June 1871 but closed to passengers on 31st July 1877. A ground
frame, 'Burton Hill' opened in August 1898 controlling several sidings but the
public siding was not opened until 1st December 1909. Closed to EHLR traffic on
27th January 1925. The public siding closed on 11th November 1963.

Butler's Lane station was opened as a Halt by British
Railways on 30th September 1957. It was closed for re-building on 21st October
1991 and reopened on 23rd March 1992. No goods facilities were provided.

Camp Hill station was opened as the temporary
terminus for the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway on 17th December 1840 and
closed on 17th August 1841 when the line to Curzon Street opened. It reopened
on 15th November 1841. On 1st December 1867 it was closed then reopened as
Camp Hill and Balsall Heath station. On 1st April 1904 it was renamed
Camp Hill station. Closed on 27th January 1941 as a wartime measure but
never reopened.

Cofton Farm station initially opened as a temporary
terminus of the Birmingham & Gloucester Railway on 17th October 1840 and
then closed on 17th December 1840 when the line was extended further northwards
to Camp Hill in Birmingham. Approximately one year later it reopened during
November 1841 but remained operational for just two years being closed during
December 1843.

Opened on 17th December 1840 when the line was extended
further northwards to Camp Hill in Birmingham. The tunnel was removed in stages
commencing March 1926 with the first trains running through the new four track
cutting commencing on 28th January 1929.

Coleshill station/Maxstoke opened on 5th August 1839 on
1st January 1917 when war time economy measures enabled the MR to enact
legislation that the line closed to passenger traffic. Still in use for
occasional goods traffic in 1923 the station was renamed Maxstoke, with Forge
Mills being renamed Coleshill. On 12th January 1935 the branch line was cut in
half when the timber bridge over the River Blythe was certified as too weak to
support a train. Coleshill or now Maxstoke still had a goods service until 30
April 1939 when the line was used to store crippled wagons.

Coleshill station/Forge Mills opened on 10th February
1842. In 1923 the LMS renamed the station as Coleshill. The station was closed
on 4th March 1968. A new station near to the site, called Coleshill Parkway,
was opened in 2007.

First named Counden Road, the station opened on 2nd
September 1850 (changed to Coundon Road in 1894) and closed on 18th January
1965. Goods facilities were provided for coal merchants and closed after
passenger traffic withdrawn.

Coventry Loop Line first opened on 16th August 1914.
Humber Road Junction was severed on 7th October 1963. Therefore became a long
siding from Three Spires junction. The last traffic to the Chrysler factory
ended in 1981, and the rest of the branch closed in September that year. The
track was lifted in 1982.

Curzon Street station originally known as 'Birmingham'
station was opened on 24th June 1838. Name changed from 'Birmingham' to
'Birmingham Curzon Street' in November 1852. Used by local services to Sutton
Coldfield and excursion trains until 1893.

From November 1852 it continued in use as a goods
station until 1966. The platforms, along with the original trainsheds were
demolished the same year. The site was then used as a parcelforce depot until
May 2006.

Originally opened as Vauxhall station in 1837
the station served as the temporary terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from
Liverpool via Stafford. When the permanent terminus opened at Curzon Street
station in 1839, Vauxhall station became a goods-only station until
it was rebuilt a little further to the north and re-opened in 1869. It was
renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston station in 1889 before finally becoming
Duddeston station on 6 May 1974 and it remains open for passenger
services.

Duddeston Road Junction opened to passengers on the
10th February 1842 when the new section of line from Whitacre, running along
the River Tame valley, connected Castle Bromwich, Water Orton and Forge Mills
to Lawley Street. Goods traffic following on 11th April and mail trains on 1st
July 1842. It remains open today.

Captain Mark Huish of the Grand Junction Railway lured
the GWR with promises of a route through to Liverpool over his Grand Junction
Railway (GJR). This was merely a ploy on Huish's part to force the hand of the
London & Birmingham Railway (L&BR). Huish wanted an amalgamation of the
GJR and L&BR and the L&BR was reluctant but they eventually caved in to
Huish's threat of allowing the GWR a passage northwards and agreed to
amalgamate with the GJR to form the London & North Western Railway. Once he
had that agreement Huish repudiated his promise to the GWR but still demanded
that the Act of Parliament provision of building the viaduct was kept. Most of
the viaduct remains standing to this day (2015) having never been used other
than as a long siding.

Ettington station opened on 1st July 1873 and first
closed on 1st August 1877. The station then reopened on 22nd February 1885
before finally closing for passengers on 7th April 1952. Closed for goods
traffic on 11th November 1963.

Forge Mills/Coleshill station opened on 10th February
1842. In 1923 the LMS renamed the station as Coleshill. The station was closed
on 4th March 1968. A new station near to the site, called Coleshill Parkway,
was opened in 2007.

Opened as Hamstead and Great Barr station opened for
passengers on 4 July 1837. Renamed Great Barr station on 1st May 1875. The
station was rebuilt on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25th March 1899.
On 6th May 1974 it was renamed Hamstead station.

Hampton station opened on 12th August 1839 but was
renamed 'Hampton Junction' on 1st November 1849. It reverted to 'Hampton' on
1st December 1872. Lost its final passenger service in 1917 as a wartime
economy measure. A length of the former branch remained at the Hampton end
until the early 1960s to give rail access to the mill.

Opened as Hamstead and Great Barr station opened for
passengers on 4 July 1837. Renamed Great Barr station on 1st May 1875. The
station was rebuilt on the opposite side of the road bridge on 25th March 1899.
On 6th May 1974 it was renamed Hamstead station.

Open. The GWR also constructed 'The Hawthorns Halt' on
the junction to serve only the football fans of West Bromwich Albion and their
opposition. It opened on Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1931, for a local
derby between West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City (score 0 - 1), and
closed on 27th April 1968.

Opened to passengers on 10th August 1874 (goods on 1st
October 1874) and Closed 4th November 1963. Independently owned up to 31st
December 1922 but operated by the LNWR from the outset. Branch line
lifted.

The station opened on 16th June 1866 for passengers and
17th September 1866 for goods traffic when the section of line between Evesham
and Alcester opened. The Evesham to Redditch section of the line was closed to
passengers on 1st October 1962, initially on a temporary basis because of the
poor condition of the track with a substitute bus service being provided. The
temporary bus service became permanent when the passenger service between
Evesham and Redditch was withdrawn with effect from 17th June 1963, the line
completely closing on 6th July 1964 with the track being lifted by January
1965. Harvington Signal Box was opened on 2nd June 1891 and remained open until
1st March 1964 despite the station having been closed to all traffic on 1st
October 1962.

The GWR constructed 'The Hawthorns Halt' at Handsworth
Junction to serve only the football fans of West Bromwich Albion and their
opposition. It opened on Christmas Day Friday 25th December 1931, for a local
derby between West Bromwich Albion and Birmingham City (score 0 - 1), and
closed on 27th April 1968.

Henley in Arden station, the Branch Terminus station,
opened on 6th June 1894 and closed to passenger traffic on 1st July 1908. The
goods remained open to serve the new station until 31st December 1962.

Kineton station opened on 1st June 1871 as the
temporary terminus for the Blisworth - Kineton route. On 1st July 1873 the line
to Stratford upon Avon was opened but services were suspended from 31st July
1877 until 22nd March 1885. Passenger services at Kineton were finally
withdrawn on 7th April 1952 and goods services on the 11th November 1963.

Opened in 1840 as Moseley station. With the MR building
of Moseley station proper in 1867, the station name changed to Kings Heath -
more appropriate given its location. The station was, along with the others on
this line, closed in 1941 as a 'wartime economy measure', and never reopened
although goods traffic continued until May 1965.

The current Kings Norton station is the second station
to be built in the Kings Norton area. The original Lifford railway station (the
first of three stations to bear the Lifford name) was first built on what is
now the Camp Hill Line. Kings Norton station opened to passengers in 1849.
Remains open. Goods traffic ceased in 1960s.

The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:Leamington in 1844Warwick (Milverton) in
1854Warwick in 1856Warwick (Milverton) in
1857Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876Warwick (Milverton) in 1884and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services.Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965.

Due to the opening of the Birmingham West Suburban
Railway in 1876 and then later its upgrading by the Midland Railway to main
line status, there were three incarnations of Lifford station. The first was
built on what is now the Camp Hill Line, the second on the Lifford Canal branch
and the third was situated very close to the original site on the Camp Hill
line. Opening in 1885, some 45 years after the railway itself, the third and
final incarnation of Lifford station had its passenger services withdrawn in
1941 as a 'wartime economy measure', never to return. The station opened the
year the second station closed to passengers and some forty-one years after the
closure of the first Lifford station.

Longdon Road station opened to steam hauled passenger
trains on 1st July 1889 after the GWR had obtained permission to run the line
with steam trains. Passenger services ended on 8th July 1929 whilst goods
traffic remained until 2nd May 1960.

Long Marston station opened on 12th July 1859, the same
time as the section of line between Honeybourne and Stratford upon Avon opened.
It closed to passenger services on 3rd January 1966 and to goods traffic on 1st
July 1963.

A station at Longbridge on the Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway opened on 15th November 1841, but this was short lived and
had closed by 1849. When the Halesowen Railway was opened on Monday 10th
September 1883, there was no station at Longbridge on either railway. An
additional platform was to have been constructed at Northfield Station to act
as an interchange with the Midland Railway, but the early Great Western Railway
passenger services from Old Hill all terminated at Rubery, while the Midland
Railway passenger services operated between Kings Norton and Halesowen. Only
after the rapid expansion of the Austin Motor works during the First World War
was a platform constructed on the Halesowen Railway at a position 26 chains
from the Midland Railways main line junction and this was specifically
for the workers. At the same time extensive private sidings for the works were
also under construction paid for by the government.

Longbridge station
appears in the Midland Railway Summer 1915 Working Timetable and in the Great
Western Railways Winter 1915 Service Timetable. From July 1915 the
Midland Railway operated Workman's trains from New Street, but it was not until
18th April 1917 that the Great Western Railway commenced Workman's Trains along
the Halesowen Railway from Old Hill. There was no public passenger service to
Longbridge station. Workman train services from Old Hill continued until 1st
September 1958 and those from New Street until 4th January 1961.

It has been stated that from opening of the line there
were arrangements where by on an ad-hoc basis some services would call prior to
there being a platform. The decision to open a station at Marston Green was
officially sanctioned by the newly formed LNWR in October 1844 with a platform
and booking hut authorised the following month. It remains open for passenger
services. It was closed to goods traffic in the 1960s.

Marton station opened on 1st March 1851 one of two
intermediate stations on the single line route to Leamington. The station had
several name changes:Marton for Southam on 1st July
1853,Marton in October 1860Marton for Southam in January
1877before finally reverting again to Marton on 1st August 1895.
The station remained open until the withdrawal of passenger services on the
line on 15th June 1958 for whilst the goods services continued on until 3 July
1961.

Marton Junction opened on 1st August 1895 when the
branch to Weeden opened. Despite the closure of the Rugby line from Marton
Junction to Leamington and the Weedon branch from Southam & Long Itchington
to Daventry, the junction lasted in service for exactly 100 years closing on
1st August 1995.

Maxstoke/Coleshill station opened on 5th August 1839 on
1st January 1917 when war time economy measures enabled the MR to enact
legislation that the line closed to passenger traffic. Still in use for
occasional goods traffic in 1923 the station was renamed Maxstoke, with Forge
Mills being renamed Coleshill. On 12th January 1935 the branch line was cut in
half when the timber bridge over the River Blythe was certified as too weak to
support a train. Coleshill or now Maxstoke still had a goods service until 30
April 1939 when the line was used to store crippled wagons.

Milcote station opened on the 12th July 1859 on the
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway's single line branch from
Honeybourne to Stratford Upon Avon. The station was enlarged in May 1908 when
the line was doubled as part of the GWR's route to the South West. The station
closed to goods traffic on 1st July 1963 and to passengers on 3rd January
1966.

The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:Leamington in 1844Warwick (Milverton) in
1854Warwick in 1856Warwick (Milverton) in
1857Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876Warwick (Milverton) in 1884and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services.Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965.

Monument Lane station was opened on the Birmingham,
Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway on 1st January 1852, initially as the
temporary terminus prior to the opening of the tunnel to New Street station.
The station closed to passenger traffic in 1958.

Moor Street station in a temporary form first opened in
July 1909 as part of the initiative to open a route to the South West via the
North Warwickshire Railway. The station was fully opened, complete with goods
shed, on 7th January 1914. The goods shed closed on 6th November 1972. In 1987
the station was relocated, through platforms opened, terminal platforms closed.
In 2002 the station was renovated and in 2010 the terminal platforms were
reopened.

Moreton-in-Marsh station was originally the
headquarters of the Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford upon Avon Tramway which
opened on 5th September 1826. The station was opened by the Oxford, Worcester
and Wolverhampton Railway (OWW) on 4 June 1853. It remains open to passengers.
Goods traffic closed in the 1960s.

The Moreton-in-Marsh to Stratford upon Avon Tramway
some 16 miles long, authorised on 28 May 1821, was the first railway to be
built in the County of Warwickshire preceding the arrival of the Grand Junction
Railway and the London Birmingham Railway by some twelve years. However it was
built as a horse drawn tramway although it adopted the 4'-8½" gauge
adopted by Stephenson in the north east of England.

There have been two Moseley stations, both located on
the Camp Hill line. The first station changed its name to Kings Heath when
this, the second station, was opened by the Midland Railway in 1867. The
station had its passenger services withdrawn in 1941 as a 'wartime economy
measure', which were never to return. No goods facilities were provided.

North End, thought to have been of timber framed
construction, was another short lived station, opening on 1st June 1871 and
closing 31st July 1877 when passenger services between Blisworth and Stratford
upon Avon were suspended.

The original Midland Railway station in Nuneaton opened
for passenger services via Whitacre on 1st November 1864 and for goods services
on 1st December 1864. With the opening of the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint
Committee line to Moira and Coalville the MR's second station in Nuneaton was
opened on 1st September 1873. The new station was situated 150 yards further to
the East of the original station. The station was closed to passenger services
on 4th March 1964.

Nuneaton Trent Valley station opened as Nuneaton
station on 15th September 1847. To avoid confusion with Nuneaton Abbey
Street station the LMS renamed the station as Nuneaton station Trent
Valley on 2nd June 1924. The station remains open to passengers. Goods
traffic closed during the 1960s.

Offchurch Cutting opened on 1st March 1851. Regular
passenger services on the Rugby to Leamington line were withdrawn in June 1959
(although diverted passenger services occasionally used the line after this
date). General goods traffic lasted a few years longer but the line closed as a
through route in the mid-1960s.

Pebworth Halt opened as a simple two-platform facility
on 6th September 1937 and survived until 3rd January 1966. No goods facilities
were provided. This was the second station in the near vicinity as 'Broad
Marston Halte' had existed for a brief time from 17th October 1904 to 14th July
1916 being closed by wartime (First World War) emergency measures.

Perry Bar station was opened by the Grand
Junction Railway on the line from Vauxhall to Stafford on 4th July 1837. For
the nearly sixty years it carried the name Perry Bar station until 29th
August 1894 when the extra 'r' was added to become Perry Barr station.
The station remains open today, albeit in a different form, so it can claim to
be one of the oldest stations in the county and Midlands.

Radford Road station, on the Coventry to Nuneaton
branch line, was never opened (for reasons currently unknown) by the London and
North Western Railway. What is known is that the station had been constructed
at least by 1855 and there was correspondence between the LNWR and Coventry
City Council.

The first passenger station was a terminus and opened
on 19th September 1859 and was located at Clive Road. It was made redundant
when the line was extended south to Evesham on 4th May 1868 and a new station
was built a little to the south of the original. This station lasted until 7th
February 1972 when it too was replaced. A third station was opened on 5th
October 1992. Goods services closed in the 1960s.

Opening on 6th June 1894 Rowington Junction was formed
when the branch to Henley-in-Arden opened. The opening of the North
Warwickshire line in 1908 made the branch superfluous although passenger
traffic from Lapworth station continued until the First World War intervened.
Passengers services officially ceased on 1st January 1915 the branch line being
substantially lifted in May 1917. A section of the branch was retained as a
long siding to store crippled wagons until 9th June 1969 when the Junction was
taken out of use.

Rowington water troughs were opened on both the up and
down main line on 1st October 1899 to facilitate non-stop running of express
trains between London and Birmingham. They were 560 yards long; constructed in
the standard method by the use of ten foot lengths of galvanised steel plate 18
inches wide by 6 inches deep. The troughs were supported 4 inches above the
sleepers, which meant that with the standard 5 inch water depth in the trough
the water's surface was 1.5 inches above the rail level. The water was fed from
a 40,000 gallon supply tank at the lineside and multiple pipes supplied the
water troughs via bottom entry points.

Rugby station (later Rugby Central
station when taken into British Railways ownership) was opened by the Great
Central Railway (GCR) on 15 March 1899. The GCR's route to London was closed on
5th September 1966, the line to the south of Rugby and north of Nottingham
being closed. The section between Rugby Central and Nottingham (initially
Nottingham Victoria, later cut back to Nottingham Arkwright Street) remained
open as self-contained branch carrying a DMU operated local passenger service
until 3rd May 1969 with the station closing formally on 5th May 1969.

The first railway station was a wooden temporary
structure located around half a mile to the west of the present station. It
opened in 1838 when the London and Birmingham Railway was constructed. This
station lasted only a few years as when a junction was made with the Midland
Counties Railway in 1840 a new station was built again being a temporary wooden
structure. It was rebuilt in brick in 1850. This second station lasted until
the 1880s, when a new line from Rugby to Northampton was built, and a third
station was erected which opened in 1885. Subsequently as part of the West
Coast Main Line modernisation programme, major track restructuring work was
carried out to allow higher speed running through Rugby; three new platforms
were added, along with a new ticket office and entrance. Work began in
September 2006 and was completed late in 2008.

Opened in 1847, Rugby shed was expanded several times,
in 1851, 1853, 1876, 1878 and further equipped with an erecting workshop in
November 1892. The erecting workshops closed in the Spring of 1959 whilst the
shed closed on 25th May 1965.

Salford Priors station was opened for goods traffic on
16th June 1866 and for passenger traffic on 17th September 1866. The station
officially closed on 17th September 1963 although the last train to run was on
1st October 1962 with a bus service replacing the train service until the
line's closure conformed to legal requirements.

Saltley station was opened on 1st October 1854 on the
Midland Railway's Birmingham New Street to Water Orton line. It was rebuilt in
1899 as an island platform station. It closed to all traffic in 1968.

Sancta Lane was the site of the OWWR's (Oxford,
Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway) branch terminus and was only operational
for a very brief period of time, from 12th July 1859 to 24th July 1861. Closed
Goods 24th July 1861

Selly Oak station opened in 1876 on the Midland
Railway's Birmingham West Suburban Railway branch to serve the suburbs of Selly
Oak and Bournbrook. The station remains open for passenger services but was
completely rebuilt in 1978.

It was opened on 15th September 1847 initially
operating a limited service becoming fully operational on 1st December 1847.
The station was closed to passenger traffic on 16th September 1957 and to goods
traffic in 1965.

Shipston-on-Stour station was first opened on 11th
February 1836 as a branch line terminus of the horse-drawn Moreton-in-Marsh to
Stratford upon Avon Tramway. On 1st July 1889 the station became a part of the
GWR and remained open until 8th July 1929 when it closed to passenger services
and 2nd May 1960 when it closed to goods traffic.

The station was built in 1908, complete with small
goods yard with goods shed. It remains open for passenger services but closed
to general goods traffic on 6th July 1964 and to coal traffic on 6th May
1968.

Birmingham Snow Hill station was opened by the
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway on 1st October 1852. It was originally
called Birmingham station, its name was changed to Great Charles
Street station, and then Livery Street station before finally
becoming Birmingham Snow Hill station in February 1858. The station
finally closed to passengers on 6 March 1972. The station reopened on 5th
October 1987 and on 31st May 1999 the Midland Metro opened. No Goods facilities
were provided.

Soho Road station opened on 1st April 1889 on a new
stretch of line laid between the LNWR's New Street to Wolverhampton High Level
and their New Street to Walsall (the old Grand Junction) routes. Soho Road was
built to compete with the GWR's more direct route between Wolverhampton and
Birmingham. The station was closed on 5th May 1941 as part of wartime economy
measures, never to be reopened.

Soho & Winson Green station opened on the
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways mixed gauge line as Soho
station on 14th November 1854. In May 1893 the station name was changed to
Soho & Winson Green. The station closed to goods traffic on 1st
November 1971 and to passenger traffic on 6th March 1972

Southam Road & Harbury station, on the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction Railway, opened on 1st October 1852. The station closed to
goods traffic on 11th November 1963 and to passenger services on 2nd November
1964.

Southam & Long Itchington station opened on 1st
August 1895. The station closed with the withdrawal of passengers services on
the Leamington to Weedon route on 15th September 1958. However due to its close
proximity to the cement works the goods service remained open until 5th July
1965.

Staverton Road signal cabin opened for passenger
traffic on 15th March 1899, and for goods traffic on 11 April 1899. The signal
cabin closed when most of the Great Central Mainline was closed on 5th
September 1966.

Stechford station was opened on the London to
Birmingham line by the newly formed London North Western Railway in 1844. It
remains open today for passenger services. Its exchange sidings and goods yard
closed in the 1960s.

Stratford Old Town station, opened on 1st July 1873,
was built by the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway. The station
closed to passengers on 7th April 1952 due to the close proximity of the GWR
station. The station remained open to freight traffic until 1965.

Stratford Upon Avon had three standard gauge stations
associated with the GWR or companies under its influence. Two were termini of
branches and one, the current station, a through station which itself has been
subject to alterations to its layout over the years. Initially two branch lines
served the town each with their own terminus. The first station to open was
just south of the current station at Sancta Lane being the site of the Oxford,
Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway's (OWWR) branch terminus which was only
operational for a very brief period of time, from 12 July 1859 to 24 July 1861.
The second station located on the Birmingham Road, opened on 9th October 1860,
was just to the north of the current station and served the Stratford Railway
Company's branch line from Hatton to Stratford Upon Avon, a spur off the GWR's
Oxford to Birmingham route. The obvious advantage of joining the two branch
lines was quickly recognised and the current station was opened on 24 July 1861
with the Birmingham Road station being relegated to goods traffic and the
occasional excursion traffic, the latter ceasing in 1869. The station remains
open today, albeit now truncated as a terminus, for passenger services. It was
closed to goods traffic on 1st January 1963 and to coal traffic on 6th May
1968.

Stretton-on- Fosse as a station did not first appear in
the timetables when the line re-opened on 1st July 1889 when the GWR took
ownership of the line. However passenger trains did call by request at the
adjacent Golden Cross Inn until the station was completed in November 1892. The
station closed to passenger services on 8th July 1929 and to goods traffic in
May 1941.

Studley and Astwood Bank station was
situated 3 miles and 11 chains from Redditch and opened on 4th May 1868 to both
passenger and goods traffic. The station closed on 17th June 1963 prior to the
closure of the line on 6th July 1964.

Sutton Coldfield station was opened on 2nd June 1862,
as the northern terminus of the branch line from Aston built by the London and
North Western Railway. An extension to Lichfield City opened to goods traffic
in September 1884 and to passenger traffic on 15th December 1884. Goods
facilities were withdrawn from Sutton Coldfield on 1st May 1967. The station
remains open for passenger services.

The station was initially named Allesley Lane
station when it opened in 1850. In 1857 it was renamed as Allesley Gate
reflecting perhaps that it was a station with a level crossing and the need to
differentiate its location from Allesley Lane which was not local. It finally
received its Tile Hill name in 1864 and it remains open for passenger
services. Goods facilities were withdrawn in the 1960s.

Originally opened as Vauxhall station in 1837
the station served as the temporary terminus of the Grand Junction Railway from
Liverpool via Stafford. When the permanent terminus opened at Curzon Street
station in 1839, Vauxhall station became a goods-only station until
it was rebuilt a little further to the north and re-opened in 1869. It was
renamed Vauxhall and Duddeston station in 1889 before finally becoming
Duddeston station on 6 May 1974 and it remains open for passenger
services.

Warwick station was opened on 1st October 1852 as one
of the original stations on the Broad Gauge route between Oxford and
Birmingham. It remains open today for passenger services. It closed for goods
traffic on 31st January 1969.

The original station station opened on 6th December
1844. During its life the station was known by eight different names:Leamington in 1844Warwick (Milverton) in
1854Warwick in 1856Warwick (Milverton) in
1857Leamington Milverton (Warwick) in 1875Milverton (for
Warwick) in 1876Warwick (Milverton) in 1884and finally
Leamington Spa (Milverton) for Warwick in 1952. The station's status
changed in 1883 from being a terminus station to a through station when its
location moved from one side of the bridge to the other on the opening of the
line to Leamington Avenue and on to Rugby. Part of the original station was
used for goods services.Closed to passenger services on 18th January
1965.

Washwood Heath Sidings was first opened by the Midland
Railway to serve their needs in the Birmingham area in October 1877. Washwood
Heath Sidings were to be found between Bromford Bridge station and Saltley
station on the Birmingham to Derby line. Closed

Water Orton station was originally built by the
Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway (B&DJR) and opened on 16th May
1842. However the Midland Railway built a cutoff line from slightly further
west to a junction at Kingsbury in 1909 and the station was re-sited. It
remains open today for passenger services. Goods services closed in the
1960s.

The original Whitacre station was opened on 10th
February 1842 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway some thirty-one
months after the route from Derby to Hampton was opened. On 1st November 1864
the line between Birmingham to Nuneaton was opened and the original B&DJR
Whitacre station was closed being replaced by a new station. The station was
closed to passenger services on 4th March 1968. No goods facilities were
provided.

Windsor Street Goods Station and Wharf was opened on
1st March 1880 by the LNWR and was located approximately one mile from the
centre of Birmingham. The facilities were located at the end of a long branch
line which commenced from the junction at Aston station on the former Grand
Junction Railway route to Birmingham. The facilities closed in the 1970s.

Wilmecote's first station opened on 9th October 1860
on the Stratford-on-Avon Railway which ran from Hatton to Stratford upon Avon.
The second station opened on the otherside of the road bridge, when the line
was doubled as part of the GWR's extension to the South East. It remains open
today for passenger services. Goods traffic closed on 11th November 1963

Wilnecote station, opened in May 1842 by the Birmingham
and Derby Junction Railway, was initially named Wilnecote and Fazeley station.
Its name was changed to Wilnecote in 1904. The station remains open to
passenger services although it is now unstaffed. The station also had a goods
yard provided with a goods shed and a number of sidings.

Winson Green station, opened on 1st November 1876, was
built by the LNWR on their Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley Railway.
The station closed to passengers on 16th September 1957. No goods facilities
were provided due to near presence of Soho
Pool Wharf.

Witton station opened in two phases: to passengers on
1st May 1876 and for goods in 1887. It was built by the LNWR on the former
Grand Junction Railway line which ran between Vauxhall, later Curzon Street, to
the original Wolverhampton station re-named Wednesfield Heath in 1855. The
station remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made
available.

Wixford station was opened on 17th September 1866 as a
temporary station but was later made permanent by the MR. The station closed
earlier than most on the line with both passengers and goods traffic ceasing on
2nd January 1950.

Wood End Platform was opened on 1st July 1908 when the
line was first opened for passenger traffic. The suffix Platform was
removed on 7th July 1924 when it was simply described as Wood End. The station
remains open to passenger services. No goods facilities were made
available.

Wooten Wawen was another original 1908 station built by
the GWR as part of their expansion plans of opening up a new route to the South
West by constructing the North Warwickshire Railway. The station remains open
to passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.

Initially named Grimes Hill Halt when first opened to
passengers on 1st June 1908 when the North Warwickshire Railway first became
operational to passenger traffic, it was later renamed Grimes Hill &
Wythall Halt on 12th July 1914 and then again on 11th July 1927 when it was
renamed Grimes Hill & Wythall Platform. The station remains open to
passenger services. No goods facilities were made available.

Yardley Wood, opened 1st June 1908, was the third
station along the North Warwickshire line from Tyseley and due to the level of
facilities provided was obviously considered by the GWR to to offer potential
for future growth. The station remains open to passenger services. No goods
facilities were made available.